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Clark Contracts has welcomed 21 new trainees to its award-winning academy in a range of site and office-based roles throughout 2024.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is calling on employers in the lifting sector to sign up apprentices for the second intake of the Scottish crane operator apprenticeship ahead of the 29th November deadline. The first cohort of apprentices on the inaugural Scottish crane operator apprenti

Business activity among UK SMEs in the construction sector has expanded in the third quarter of the year with the NatWest SME Business Activity Index recording 55.1 in September.

Seamab, the charity that supports Scotland’s most vulnerable children, welcomed its patron Gerard Eadie CBE to see the progress made on its new £5.5 million school. The visit comes as the charity seeks to raise the final £500,000 needed to complete the vital project, which is set t

A previously ruined croft on the Isle of Mull that was transformed into a restaurant has won the RIBA Reinvention Award 2024. The Reinvention Award recognises achievement in the creative reuse of existing buildings through transformative projects.

The Scottish Green Energy Awards has announced the shortlist for the UK’s largest and most prestigious celebration of the renewable energy industry.  This year’s awards, headline sponsored by EDF Renewables UK, will bring together an unprecedented number of guests to recognise and h

Integrated roofing and solar solutions provider Forster Group has completed its biggest project in the food and drink industry to date with a major installation for Fife Creamery.

A series of events are taking place as part of the extensive consultation into North Ayrshire's latest Local Development Plan.

Cunninghame Housing Association has celebrated the completion of its latest new build housing development at Garven Road in Stevenston with an official closing ceremony.

A new interactive prospectus has been launched showcasing undeveloped housing sites across Aberdeenshire.

Kingdom Initiatives and the University of St Andrews are celebrating the formal handover of 61 high-quality affordable homes in the town. Working in partnership for the first time, the new ‘university village’ at The Grange is a pioneering project offering much-needed affordable housing

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one new paper has claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there have since been doubts as t

Temporary works specialist Mabey Hire has appointed John Breen as its new managing director. Currently commercial director at RMD Kwikform, Mr Breen will join Mabey Hire from October 21st.

Stirling Council has agreed to dispose surplus land and assets in the Viewforth area enabling the development of around 150 new homes and associated infrastructure and green spaces. The eight-hectare site is a key part of Stirling city centre and includes the land and assets in and around Old Viewfo

Made Orders for dualling the stretch of the A9 between Killiecrankie and Glen Garry have today been published by the Scottish Government.